Fugitive wanted for killing his family to return Saturday after fleeing to India

May 23, 2013

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Detroit Free Press Staff Writer

A Novi man accused of killing his wife and two children before fleeing to India in 2008 is scheduled to return to face his charges on Saturday.

Lakshminivasa Nerusu waived legal proceedings in India on April 22, helping to speed the extradition, which could have taken years if Nerusu had fought the process, according to a news release from the city .

He is being charged with three counts of first-degree murder for the fatal stabbings of his 37-year-old wife, Jayalakshmi Nerusu, his daughter, Tejasvi Nerusu, 14, and son, Siva Kumar Nerusu, 12, on Oct. 13, 2008. The bodies were discovered two weeks after the killings.

The more than four-year search for Nerusu ended when he was arrested in February by the Andhra Pradesh State Police near Hyderabad in southern India.

We look forward to Mr. Nerusu facing the consequences of these horrific crimes when he is returned to the United States later this week, said Novi Director of Public Safety/Chief of Police David Molloy in a news release.

Police have not released a motive in the killings. Nerusu, an unemployed computer programmer at the time, likely fled to India because he had family there, authorities have said.